HIST200-History of Turkey Award Ceremony

24 October 2016Comments Off on HIST200-History of Turkey Award Ceremony

The annual History of Turkey award ceremony took place on Thursday, October 20 at C-Block Auditorium. The awards were presented to students whose projects were judged the best of the 2015-2016 academic year.

The History of Turkey course (HIST200) is a requirement for all Bilkent undergraduates. It is designed to encourage students to work in groups on projects concerning any topic of their choice that relates to the history of Turkey. Students from all departments prepare and present final projects for examination by a committee, with 10 projects chosen to receive awards.

The award ceremony, during which the 2016 award recipients presented their projects, was attended by members of the university administration and faculty, undergraduate students and their families, and other guests.

Among the latter was Osman Işık, whose life and career “from Village Institute to politics” formed the subject of one of the projects; as an honorary speaker at the event, he addressed the audience on the importance of education in general and education at the Village Institutes in particular.